VIP: Two Successive C2 Losses from C86 Fullerene upon Chlorination with the Formation of Non-classical C84Cl30 and C82Cl30http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1861-471X/homepage/news/22037.en.html
2015-01-30T00:00:00+01:00

Cage shrinkage in IPR C86 fullerene (isomer 16) occurs in the course of high-temperature chlorination. Single-crystal X-ray study revealed the formation of non-classical C84Cl30 and C82Cl30 containing one and two heptagons, respectively (shown in blue) in the carbon cages. Thus, two successive C2 losses (C2Ls) are well documented for the starting, intermediate, and final structures involved in this forked skeletal transformation.